morals and ideals. It was no different than most, I supposed. The cop who has

to shoot someone in self-defense. The soldiers that go to war and raid villages

in the name of freedom. Everyone makes excuses for what they do, because they

believe in it. Because they believe they are in the right.

I had always thought of myself as a somewhat civilized,

almost classy, narco. I at least wanted to bring purpose and grace to what I

did. I didn’t believe in killing mercilessly. I believed in mercy, in

forgiveness, in giving people second chances. I believed in letting people go

after I got what I wanted from them.

I believed that to snitch was an outrage, that even though

we were dealing and fighting and killing to be in a billion dollar industry. I

believed that religious celebrations were to be respected. I believed that

family came first. I believed that women and children would not be harmed.

For a moment, I thought that perhaps I had lost my mind.

Never mind the needless, senseless deaths that were already at my hands over

the last few months. Never mind that I had broken promises to others, to

myself. Dirty, filthy promises. It was then and only then that I knew I had

lost who I was. That every moral fibre that I based myself on was threadbare

and I was close, oh so close, to losing all sense of myself forever.

It scared me. I watched Luisa leave the room and though I

was reeling from her own words, the callous ones that reached deep inside me

and left a scar, I knew I might have damaged her beyond repair. I could heal

myself in time, but could she? Would we?

I didn’t think so.

From the USA Today Bestselling author of Love, in English and The Artists Trilogy, comes a dark romance about a good girl and a very, very bad man. It’s a deliciously twisted take on forbidden love, set among the drug cartels of hot, steamy Mexico and is not for the faint of heart. It contains explicit sex, violence, abuse, drug use, bad language and sexy Mexicans. You have been warned…

For Luisa Chavez, a twenty-three year old former beauty queen, a better life has always been just out of her reach. Sure, she’s had men at her feet since she was a young teenager but she’s never had the one thing she’s craved – security. Having grown up in near poverty, her waitressing job in Cabo San Lucas can barely let her take care of herself, let alone her ailing parents. Every day is another unwanted advance, every day is a struggle to survive.

When Salvador Reyes, the depraved leader of a major Mexican cartel, takes an interest in her, Luisa is presented with an opportunity she can’t afford to pass up. She’ll become Salvador’s wife and exchange her freedom and body for a life of riches – riches she can bestow upon her deserving parents. But Luisa quickly finds out that even the finest wines and jewels can’t undo the ugliness in her marriage, nor the never-ending violence that threatens her every move.

Soon, Luisa is looking for an escape, a way out of the carefully controlled life she’s leading. She finally gets her wish in the worst way possible.

As it is, being the wife of Salvador makes her an ideal target for rival cartels and there’s one particular man who needs Luisa as part of his cartel’s expansion. One particular man whose quest for power has destroyed lives, slit throats and gotten him out of an American prison. One particular man who will stop at nothing until he gets what he wants.

That man is Javier Bernal. And he wants Luisa. He wants to take her, keep her, ruin her.

Unless she ruins him first.

Some men were born to create empires, some women were meant to be queen.

**Dirty Angels is the first standalone novel in the Dirty Angels Trilogy, in which all books feature or involve different characters. The character of Javier Bernal is from The Artists Trilogy, and while reading TAT is recommended if you want additional insight into this twisted character, it is not required.**

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